Reborn: Settling the Score with Those Who Betrayed Me
Raindrops hit me one by one, and despite it being summer, the cold felt unbearable. I lay in the mud, covered in blood, as my husband and former best friend dug a hole to bury me.
Alice, my best friend, who had always struggled growing up, had been with me since university, where I paid for everything.
Now, she and Nill, my husband, had betrayed me.
"You took my place," Alice spat, "Now your wealth is ours."
Though I was still alive, Alice ordered Nill to bury me deeper. They didn't care if I lived or died.
As my consciousness faded and a white light appeared, I vowed that if I survived, I would get revenge.
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Chapter 2
I was reborn.
In the second year of my marriage to Nill, he and my best friend, Alice, beat me into critical condition and buried me alive.
I had discovered their affair and, when I asked for a divorce, Nill refused.
He locked me in the mansion I had bought, even bringing his parents over to watch over me and persuade me to turn a blind eye to their betrayal.
I refused, and when I tried to escape, Alice struck me on the head, and together, they dragged me to the wilderness and buried me alive.
But now, fate had given me another chance. This time, I would make them pay for everything they did to me in my past life.
Today is my 29th birthday.
In my previous life, it was on this very day that Nill proposed to me.
I thought he was honest and trustworthy, but it was all a façade.
After marriage, I discovered his gambling addiction.
Despite his promises to quit, I paid off his debts time and again.
But instead of changing, he continued to gamble and even cheated on me. He conspired with Alice to kill me. Today, I would never agree to his proposal.
While I was still lost in my thoughts, the doorbell rang.
My mom asked me to answer it, and when I opened the door, a wave of nausea hit me. There they were-Nill and Alice standing at the doorstep.
"Happy birthday, Naran," Alice said with a half-fresh bouquet of flowers in her hand. "I was going to come by myself, but I ran into Nill downstairs, so we came together."
Such an obvious attempt to cover up their guilt.
"Happy birthday, Naran. Why aren't you letting us in?" Nill spoke up.
I let them inside.
They greeted my parents and sat down beside them, chatting and laughing while waiting for dinner. Not once did they offer to help or even pretend to be polite.
"Naran, who's going abroad for the company's overseas study trip this time?" Alice asked me.
In my previous life, it was I who had helped her get a position at our company, even pushing for her to get the opportunity to go abroad. Without my intervention, there was no way she could've gotten it, given her qualifications.
"It's definitely not you," I said firmly. "This time, I won't help that ungrateful wolf," I thought to myself.
"I'm going to use the restroom," Alice said awkwardly, getting up and walking toward the bathroom.
"The living room's blocked. Go to Naran's room instead," my mom told Alice.
"Thank you, Auntie," Alice said as she headed toward my room.
"Recently, there's a stock that's rising quickly. I want to buy it, but I'm short on funds," Nill said, his eyes fixed on me.
He thought I'd give him money again this time. I lowered my head and replied coolly, "Then don't buy it. My money is all invested in financial products now."
I didn't need to look at his face to know that he was shocked. How could I, who had always said yes to him, now refuse? But this change in me was just the beginning.
Just wait. Watch how I make you suffer for your own actions this time. I thought, unable to help the slight smile that curved on my lips.
"I'm going to wash my hands too," Nill said and headed toward my room.
They were inseparable, these two. At that moment, I quietly opened an app on my phone...